Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-10-12
HOME MATTERS.

on the river DanK.
The meadows and fields with their
reen covering of grass present picture
of spring rather than of fall.
There was a large attendance at the
m onthly cattle fair yesterday, and the
streets were lively all day.
"A bouncing boy-baby was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Spencer, of the Seventh
ward, Saturday morning.
A very satisfactory report of the con-
dition of the Wisconsin National Bank
will be found in another column.
David Williams has sold his farm OF
90 acres in the town OF Emmett to George
/ Thauer, of this city, at $62 per acre.
DIR. Valerius & Co. sold a fine car
riage team of Cleveland bays to 6. Z.
Crib, of Milwaukee, yesterday. Price
$3.50.
The woods on all sides of the city
present lovely appearance in their beau
tiful fall tints, for which this latitude is
SO justly noted.
Books and albums almost actually
given away at the Sacrifice Sale, Chap
pell's New Block, opposite postotfice.
This week only.
August Mirsch, of the Fifth ward,
died Saturday, October s, of Inflammation
of the bowels, aged 40 years. Funeral
was held Monday.
The work on the new st. Marks
Lutheran church is going forward rapidly.
The frame of the steeple is up and attalns
q giddy height.
VIM. Weber & Co. have an attractive
Illuminated advertisement In IHE Re
PUBLICAN this week of the celebrated
Acorn stoves sold by them.
Another immense line of fall and
winter woolens have just arrived at The
fashionable custom tailoring house of
SCHIFFLER & QUENTMEYER.
The Right Rev. Edward R. Welles,
bishop of Wisconsin, will visit St. Paul's
parish and administer the rite of contirma-
ton on Tuesday, October Is. The hour
will be announced next Sunday.
After September 10 on Tuesdays and
FRIDAYS round trip tickets to Milwaukee
will be sold for one fare, including Expo
sition ticket, namely, 81 81. Tickets good
until the following day.
j. Fl. SLEEPER, Agent,
c., NJ. & St. P. BY.
The Hustisford M. E. church ap-
pointment has been united with the
Neosho church, and Rev. d. B. Cofeen
has been appointed to the work. He
will be present to preach at the Randall
school house at the usual hour next Sun
s,<day, October Is.
Senator G. A. Pettiboue has once
more connected himself with The Horl-
con Reporter, and we take pleasure in
again greeting him as a member of the
fraternity. Senator Pettibone is recog-
nized as one of the torcible writer's of the
Wisconsin press.
Sunday forenoon last, Walter, young
est son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Kusel, aged
6 years, while playing near his home fell
down on a defective sidewalk and had
the misfortune to break one of his arms
at the elbow joint. The little fellow is
doing as well as could be expected.
Mrs. H. B. Thayer, Christian Scien-
list and Metaphysical Healer, will deliver
a course of lectures on Christian Science
and also take patients, Friday, October
Il. 1887, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, in the
rooms of w. n. Hawkins on the bridge.
First lecture free. Office hours 10 6.
Monday night some drunken hood
lum threw a stone and broke one of the
plate glass windows, valued at $40, in
w. A. Beurhaus' store. A stone was also
hurled through the window of Geo. Haw-
kins & Co.'s store, smashing some eight
or ten dollars, worth of crockery. The
perpetrators of this nefarious work should
be discovered and dealt with as they de-
serve.
The committee of arbitration for the
settlement of the disputed award at the
Firemen's tournament in the hook and
ladder contest, between Fort Atkinson
and Jefferson, has been decided in favor
of Jefferson, being given the first prize of
$50, declaring her the winner by about a
quarter of a second. Fort Atkinson was
represented before the committee by Il.
W. Burchard and d. w. Curtis, and JET
fersoD by R. B. Kirkland and o. J.
Kerchensteiner.
One of the finest, if not the best and
most promising, 3-year-old Clydesdale
stallion ever imported by DIR. Valerius q
60, of this place, was sold by them to
MoScrs vile ~ Merriman of WalWOrth